Curtains came down on the 17th International Film Festival of Kerala in front of a packed audience. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy addressed the closing ceremony held in Nishagandhi Auditorium. Philippines film 'Sta.' bagged the Golden Crow Pheasant Award, while...
A Taliban assault on a police station in North-Western Pakistan has left at least eight people dead. The attackers allegedly fired rockets and grenades in a battle lasting over an hour. Two insurgents detonated suicide vests during the clash. Local Taliban cla...
Typhoon Bopha that hit Philippines on Tuesday night has now claimed 475 lives, says reports. More than 300 people are still missing, while rescue operations are ongoing to look for survivors among destroyed buildings. Because of the destruction, rescue operati...
An earthquake of 7.6 magnitude has hit the eastern coast of Philippines stirring off a small Tsunami. One person was killed after a house collapsed due to the intensity of the quake. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has raised a Tsunami alert to neighbouring...
A major earthquake has been reported in Japan. Other surrounding nations like Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan and Papua New Guinea were also jolted by the quake. The quake measured in at 7.9 on the Richter scale. A tsunami warning has been sounded in the affect...
An earthquake of 7.9 magnitude on the Richter scale has struck just off the coast of Philippines. A tsunami warning has been issued in the region. The US Geological Survey and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre have sounded a high alert. Surrounding nations li...
Indian national Biju Veetil, who miraculously escaped from the captivity of the extremist group in Philippines after 14 excruciating months, recounts his ordeal. Biju Veetil, who was in Philippines for a vacation, had been kidnapped and kept in captivity in a ...
An Indian national who was kidnapped in the Philippines by the Al-Qaeda linked Abu Sayyaf militants made a dramatic escape after 14 months in captivity. K Biju worked as operations manager in a province in the Philippines. He escaped when the militants were b...
Weather experts have voiced serious concerns over the unpredictable natural calamities that have plagued the globe in recent times. A huge storm named 'Ernesto' has ripped down billboards, knocked down trees, brought down power lines and killed people in Mexic...
Floods at some places, drought in others. Both are destructive. India, China, US, the Philippines and Mexico are the countries affected by this extraordinary weather. Why is this so? Floods have hit the Philippines like never ever. The capital Manila was subme...
China and Philippines are locked in a dispute after four Chinese maritime surveillance ships patrolled ten disputed territories of the South China Sea. Warning Philippines, China has said that it hopes that peace and stability is maintained in the Scarborough ...